Saprochaete clavata Outbreak Infecting Cancer Center through Dishwasher

Saprochaete clavata Outbreak Infecting Cancer Center through Dishwasher

Saprochaete clavata is a pathogenic yeast responsible for rare outbreaks involving immunocompromised patients, especially those with hematologic malignancies. During February 2016–December 2017, we diagnosed S. clavata infections in 9 patients (8 with fungemia), including 3 within 1 month, at a canc...

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Main Authors: Estelle Menu, Alexis Criscuolo, Marie Desnos-Ollivier, Carole Cassagne, Evelyne D’Incan, Sabine Furst, Stéphane Ranque, Pierre Berger, Françoise Dromer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
acute myeloid leukemia
France
fungemia
fungi
genome sequencing
hematological malignancies
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/9/20-0341_article

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